#CARTOON HARRY POTTER BROOM PICTURES MOVIE#

Brooms at Hogwartsīroomsticks and broom sports hold a special place in the hearts of Hogwarts students. Information about broomsticks can be found particularly in chapters one and nine.

The spell which creates this effect is called the Cushioning Charm, invented by Elliot Smethwyk in 1820 ( QA9).įor more about the history of broomsticks, please purchase the book Quidditch Through the Ages. As a matter of fact, most illustrations we see in the books show the rider floating a little ways above the handle. It also seems likely that flying a broomstick doesn’t involve actually sitting on the handle, which would be uncomfortable indeed. Without this, it seems unlikely that anyone could hang on when a Firebolt accelerates from zero to 150 mph in only ten seconds ( PA4). As time passed, they would also prove to be conducive to playing a number of sports.įlying on a broomstick, particularly one which accelerates as quickly as the Firebolt, must necessarily involve some form of magic protective field holding rider to broom and shielding against wind and inertial forces.

The earliest known evidence of a broomstick enchanted to fly dates to 962 AD brooms are thought to have been chosen because they are easily transported and concealed from Muggles ( QA1). The flying broomstick is a magical item with built-in charms. About BroomsticksĪ flying broomstick is not simply a “normal” broomstick pressed into service as a mode of transportation.

#CARTOON HARRY POTTER BROOM PICTURES MOVIE#

The reason I can be incredibly precise about when I drew this was because at some point during watching that movie and drawing this picture, my mother died, 250 miles away, and I got the phone call the next day to say that she had died.Brooms are a magical mode of transportation in the Wizarding World. I was staying at a friend’s house and I had been writing Potter for six months and I stayed up when everyone else had gone to bed because I was watching the film, The Man Who Would Be King. “I drew this picture on December 30, 1990, and I can be very precise. Her drawing of Professor Sprout, the herbology teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was made the night her mother Anne died. Rowling visualised her creations in sketches. “Hagrid and Grawp”: What’s happening with Hagrid and Grawp “Snape/Harry”: What’s happening with Snape and Harry “O of P”: What’s happening with the “Order of the Phoenix” group “D.A.”: What’s happening with the resistance army, or “Dumbledore’s Army” “Prophecy”: A subplot about the prophecy Harry finds himself concerned about all through the book “Time”: The month of the school year that the chapter is set inĪnd Rowling uses the final 6 columns to keep track of the story’s various subplots and characters: The first four map the chapter’s broader details: the title, the month, the plot, etc.: Rowling plot outline for the first Harry Potter book ( via) It features a map of chapters in chapters 13-24: Many writers have an ending in mind as they begin a novel – Rowling had an idea for seven books when she waited for a delayed train in 1990.īelow is the handwritten plot spreadsheet she used to write the fifth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But plotting matters, not least of it all because it allows the writer to change their mind a recognition that the writer will one day become the reader. Rowling creates characters of depth that stick in the mind. You need to get a thrill from watching your ideas pour onto the page, immersing yourself in the impulsive rush of magical reality and creative flow as the book comes alive. “I don’t think everyone should believe in magic,” says Rowling, “but I’m not sure I would trust anyone who doesn’t.” What of the magic that comes through hard work and enjoyment in what you do? Writing books to deadline amid soaring expectations, words feeding an industry constructed on Harry and his pals, is not easy. Rowling’s original synopsis of first Harry Potter book, The Philosopher’s Stone

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